Aprile Rickert
Southern Indiana ReporterAprile is LPM's Southern Indiana reporter. Rickert comes to LPM from the News and Tribune in Southern Indiana, where she covered crime and courts as a senior reporter. A New Albany native, she spent nearly two decades in Louisville before recently moving back across the river to Jeffersonville.
Email Aprile at arickert@lpm.org.
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Indiana homeless advocate says they’ll need more funding to keep white flag shelter open next seasonLast fall, the Homeless Coalition of Southern Indiana secured a more permanent location for its emergency white flag shelter. The group's director said that’s providing more stability for the program’s clients, at a time of increased need. -
Five people are now charged with murder in a shooting at a fall festival in New Albany in October. -
A regional development authority in Southern Indiana has announced 21 projects to receive $45 million in this round of state READI grants. More than $6 million is tapped to go toward kick starting redevelopment at the former JeffBoat shipyard in Jeffersonville. -
Riverside Drive in South Clarksville has opened for the winter after being closed this year for major improvements. -
Southern Indiana will shimmer this weekend, as communities kick off the winter holiday season with light shows and family celebrations. -
Three people have been charged with murder after a fatal shooting last month at Harvest Homecoming in New Albany. -
Democrat Teah Hampton-Williams was selected by caucus this week to finish the term for longtime Clark County Council member Barbara Hollis, who died last month. Williams-Hampton will also be the first Black woman to sit on that board. -
Democrat Wendy Dant Chesser has been elected to the Indiana House District 71 seat, less than a year after being caucused into the spot. -
Indiana Republican state Rep. Ed Clere was elected to a ninth term in District 72, which covers most of Floyd County in Southern Indiana, according to unofficial results. -
There are four state representative seats on the ballots this year between Clark and Floyd counties. All have incumbents facing challengers, but in District 71, it’s a little different. Democrat Wendy Dant Chesser hopes to retain the seat she was selected for earlier this year against Republican and Libertarian challengers.
